Kingsgate Logistics capitalizes on Cincinnati’s ‘Silicon Valley’ freight scene

Curee added that Kingsgate had recently partnered with Xavier University to create a course on design thinking to better understand the user experience. Kingsgate has also opened an office in the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, joining large local employers such as Procter and Gamble (P&G), Cincinnati Bell, Fifth Third Bank and Kroger Technology, among others that are moving their innovation teams to the district to create a collaborative and cohesive environment of logistical problem-solving.

Merry and Tom Beckham founded Kingsgate in 1986 in the basement of their home, according to the company’s website. The couple’s children bought the company in 2008, maintaining Kingsgate’s family-owned lineage.

“One of the things that’s special about us is that we still service our first two clients from 33 years ago,” Curee said. “That’s unheard of in logistics when you’re looking at a turnover every four to five years or so.”

He continued, “That speaks a lot to our culture. When you’re able to create lifelong relationships like that and layer not only the relational piece of it but include what we’re doing from an innovation standpoint, it creates really strong partnerships for us as an organization.”